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IGCC pays tribute to Tagore digitally


Published : 09 May 2020 10:15 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 07:46 PM

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka has organised online events to pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his birthday on Friday evening amid coronavirus pandemic.

The events include webinar styled ‘Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore A ray of hope through Tagore’s philosophy’, and webcasting documentaries, music and recitation, among others.

High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das delivered the welcome remarks while President of ICCR Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Academician and translator of the book written by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – The Unfinished Memoirs Professor FakrulAlam, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University Prof Dr. Vidyut Chakrabarty, Vice Chancellor of Rabindra University Bangladesh Professor Dr. Bishwajit Ghosh, and writer Professor Dr. Radha  Chakravarty spoke as speakers.

The High Commission said Dr. Sahasrabuddhe remembered Bangabandhu, whose birth centenary year, we are observing.

“Bangabandhu had paid rich tributes to Rabindranath Tagore in 1972, when independent Bangladesh first observed Tagore’s Birth Anniversary,” he said.

“In a message, Bangabandhu had said that- “Bangalees have proved their love for Rabindranath Tagore by sacrificing their blood. They have established the right to study Rabindranath's literature in Bangladesh by liberating the Bangalee nation. This is the best tribute ever paid to Kabiguru!”

Dr Sahasrabuddhe highlighted the various aspects of Tagore’s Philosophy along with a phrase by Tagore in his book-The Centre of Indian Culture, where Gurudev says, “.... When, taking our stand at such centre, we turn towards the West, our gaze shall no longer be timid and dazed, our heads shall remain erect, safe from insult. For then we shall be able to take our own views of Truth from the standpoint of our own vantage ground, this opening out a new vista of thought before the grateful world.”

Dr. Shahastrabuddhe concluded his remarks by remembering how confident Rabindranath Tagore was about the power of the East.

“Three months before his death, in April 1941, Tagore wrote “... Perhaps, that dawn will come from thishorizon, from the East where the sun rises!” he said.

IGCC also webcasted documentaries on Rabindranath Tagore produced by Indian Ministry of External Affairs - Colours of Dreams, In the land of Chhinnopatra, The story of Gitanjali – in Bengali, The story of Gitanjali – in English.

It also webcasted “Tribute to Rabindranath through songs” by Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Laisa Ahmed Lisa, Aditi Mohsin, Shama Rahman, Lily Islam and “Tribute to Rabindranath through recitation” by Bhaswar Banerjee, Shahadat Hossain Nipu, and Samiul Islam Poluck.